the prevention of health problems and illness is more important than treatment and medicine. government funding should reflect this. to what extent do you agree?

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The amount of
money
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spent on
health
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illnesses is a major concern in every country. Government fundings are more oriented on treatments and drugs
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of trying to prevent them. I agree with the fact that more funds should be directed on disease prevention but
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investing in more effective drug therapies is necessary.
Fristly
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, it is better to prevent than cure, in
fact
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one of the main reasons why a lot of funding are spent on treatments is that there is not a serious plan on how to prevent them.
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, many chronic diseases are caused by a poor lifestyle. In
USA
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the USA
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the majority of the population eat junk food and they live
sedentary
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life, the two major causes of chronic illnesses
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as diabetes, cardiovascular problems and obesity.
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of trying to cure these pathologies with
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cost and few results, it would be better to invest more
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teaching people what to eat, explaining
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that do some sort of exercise on a daily basis will avoid the aforementioned
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conditions in the future.
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a lot of
money
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can be saved and potentially be invested
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improving the lifestyle.
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, I strongly believe that scientist and researchers with the help of new technologies will lead to new discoveries on drug effectiveness.
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, the main goal should not be to just produce more medicine and be able to cure more people but
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, trying to create new therapies that are more effective and less expensive.
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, the
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of pills each person need will be drastically reduced but at the same
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it won't affect the efficacy of the drug itself.
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, a lot of
money
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can be saved with
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process and potentially be reinvested in more
reasearch
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research
. In conclusion, global
health
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issues are more and more increasing all around the world and
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prefer to invest in medicine rather than trying to prevent diseases. I believe that reducing the number of people that need medicine is the best way to save
money
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and increase the overall
health
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within the population, and
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focusing on more effective
treaments
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treatments
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